Wellington Leader announces staff and rates 1909
The Wellington Leader lists editors reporters and printers including Deskins Wells Virginia Robey Mack Wood Sue Anderson Ted Rogers J.K. Porter Cris Miller John M. Jones Billy Joe Keller and notes carriage rates of 2 dollars a year inside trade territory and 250 outside. A policy promises corrections of erroneous reflections upon any person or firm.
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Deskins Wells
Virginia Robey
Mack Wood
Amy Sue Way
Sue Anderson
Ted Rogers
J. K. Porter
Cris Miller
John M. Jones
Billy Joe Keller
Atomic Year 1 ends and a warning for Year 2
The essay notes the first atomic year ending with five years to control atomic energy. It outlines four harsh truths from congressional testimony: no defense or secret, rapid global access, destructive potential, and limited head starts. It urges international cooperation under Truman and UN debates for survival.
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Hiroshima
Russia
France
Sweden
England
Truman
Fair Play and Freedom in Postwar News Clippings
Editors weigh American fair play amid goods shortages and reconversion delays. Readers are urged to unite across occupations, while notes from Memphis claim streets marked at a cost of 10.60 with 881 points and wooden markers to follow. A Jehovah’s Witness speaker at Cleveland denounces the United Nations as a world conspiracy, based on hearsay due to refusals to join the Navy.
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Canyon News
Memphis
J. B. Crockett
Crockett
Lester Campbell
Memphis Democrat
International Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses
Cleveland
United Nations
Jester Favored In Voter Letter Harbors Quiet Confidence
A reader endorses Buford Jester over Rainey, praising Jester’s calm demeanor and past record while condemning Rainey aswolfish and hypocritical. The letter argues against domination by any clique and lauds Jester among leaders like Houston and Hogg, comparing Rainey to Pappy O Daniel.
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G. A. Richards
Jester
Buford
Rainey
Wolf
Houston
Hogg
Pappy O’daniel
Pappy
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root Advertises Kidney Relief
Thousands report relief from bladder irritation due to excess urine acidity with Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root a herbal kidney medicine. It promotes urine flow using a blend of 16 roots and vegetables and is sold by all druggists.
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DR. Kilmer
Man Released From Ten Year Brick in Stomach Claim
A man reports a decade long sensation of a brick in his stomach due to undigested food. After using INNER AID with 12 herbs his symptoms vanish, bowels regularize, and headaches and gas disappear, leaving him feeling renewed. Sold by drug stores in Collingsworth County.
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Collingsworth County
Shivers Opposes Sales and Income Tax in Texas runoff
Allan Shivers declares opposition to certain taxes both personally and from his 12 years in the senate. He warns educators’ influence in the Legislature and Rainey as governor could control policy. He cites the Mayflower compact to argue for a separation of church and state and school and state.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
Allan Shivers
Rainey
Conservative Indiana Senator Opposes New Taxes in Primary
The candidate, noting about 100000 votes in the first primary, criticizes a general sales tax and a state income tax as burdens on the people. He advocates broad tax bases if new levies are needed and emphasizes conservative spending and restraint on appropriations.
Frugal Outlook on Public Spending Echoed in Wants Ads
A reader comments that government expenditure mirrors personal budgeting. The note suggests thrift and prudent use of tax money, while urging readers to apply the same care to their own spending. The piece ends by directing readers to consult Want Ads for related financial matters.
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Leto’s
Palace Drug Store
J. E. McDonald
Elis County
Texas Agriculture
J. KE
Polencas Adar
Wellington State
Shivers
Marjorie Doe
Yokohama
Japan
Mr. Elmer Jones Co
Cochran Drug Store
Lowell Wilks
Elmer Jones
J. T. Lewis Co
S. China
Victory Matson Nav. Co
Inet Materials
Randolph Hunt
J. C. Wooldridge Lumber Co
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